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+ You may remember Maarten Baas’ fantastically clever furniture series: Smoke - where Baas burned & preserved pieces of replica furniture (of which I L-O-V-E Gaudi’s 1902 Calvet Armchair while MacKintosh’s 1902 Hill House 1 Chair comes a close 2nd). Now Baas is at it again with his new collection titled: Clay. For this collection Baas uses hand-molded industrial clay as a primary working material formed around metal ‘skeletons’. Upon my first impression I was reminded of Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures (although different in material, they share a similar texture and form). Regardless, as individual pieces Baas has created intriguing, playful and awkwardly elegant furniture.
+ You may remember Maarten Baas’ fantastically clever furniture series: Smoke - where Baas burned & preserved pieces of replica furniture (of which I L-O-V-E Gaudi’s 1902 Calvet Armchair while MacKintosh’s 1902 Hill House 1 Chair comes a close 2nd). Now Baas is at it again with his new collection titled: Clay. For this collection Baas uses hand-molded industrial clay as a primary working material formed around metal ‘skeletons’. Upon my first impression I was reminded of Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures (although different in material, they share a similar texture and form). Regardless, as individual pieces Baas has created intriguing, playful and awkwardly elegant furniture.
posted by Ravalette at Tuesday, June 20, 2006
3 Comments:
looks cool yo... never seen his work but the smoke stuff is pretty funk-tastic!
its made outta clay? they look very tim burton-esque haha... for good reason i guess! but very interesting.
you artsy fart! kekeke
I've recently become obsessed with this series of designer chair recreations.
http://reacjapan.com/shop/shop.html
You can buy them individually at Voltage in Vancouver, but I think I'm going to buy the entire second volume, which includes the Eames lounger.
http://www.hermanmiller.com/CDA/SSA/Product/0,,a10-c440-p47,00.html
Funny, I just saw that lounger in a used furniture store the other night! Vol.2 is a pretty sweet deal.
The Eames are great I like their wire mesh chair although the moulded ply and plastic chairs are so beautiful too...basically they rock.
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